Union City Radio Labor History Today: July 22, 2018

Union City Radio's Chris Garlock hosts.
This week's labor history: Saul Schniderman remembers the 1913 strike by Paterson silk workers, which included the arrest of the “Rebel Girl” herself, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Ben Blake’s labor history Object of the Week is a tiny baby shoe from one of the fathers of the American labor movement. And Leon Fink gives us the long view on the Change to Win federation, founded 13 years ago this week. Plus a few versions of Joe Hill’s classic “Rebel Girl.”

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Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock.

Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services https://unionist.com/

This week's music:
The Rebel Girl - Janne Lærkedahl: https://youtu.be/G3AC1lI9YTc
The Rebel Girl-Hazel Dickens: https://youtu.be/EOuCah2GgfQ
Rebel Girl (Joe Hill) - Behind The Pieces: https://youtu.be/vOIQPHMNpLc